Card-holder for time-recorders.



, c. E. TOMLINSON. CARD HOLDER FOR TIME REGORDERS.

APPLICATION TILED IEB.20, 1912,

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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CARD HOLDER FOR TIME REGORDERS.

APPLIUATION FILED FEB-20, 1912. 1,069,303.

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CARD HOLDER FOR TIME REGORDERS.

APPLICATION FILED $33.20, 1912.

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CARD HOLDER FOR TIME RECORDERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.20,1912.

Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED FEILZO, 1912.

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CHARLES E. TOMLINSON, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY ME SNE ASSIGN-MENTS, TO INTERNATIONAL TIME RECORDING COMPANY OF NEW YORK, OF ENDI-CO'IT, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CARD-HOLDER FOR TIME-BECORDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

?atented Aug. 5,1913.

Application filed February 20, 1912. Serial No. 678,823.

To a. who-11bit may concern:

lie it known that 1, CHARLES E. TOMLIN- mm. of Syracuse, in the countyof Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Card-Holder for Tiinc-Recorders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to recording machines and has for its object aparticularly simple and e'lfieient means for automatically controllingthe positions of records on the record sheets or cards used inconnection with the machine; and it consists in the combinations andconstructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

in describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one formof iecordmg machine inconnection with which my invention may be used. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section, of the machine shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3and 4 are plan views, partly broken away, of one form of card holder.contiguous portions of the recording machine being shown, the mechanismassociated with the holder being shown in its position occupied when theholder is approaching the limit of its movement; in Fi 3, and when theholder is at the limit of its movement, in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 is an edgeview of the cardholder, contiguous parts of the recording machine beingshown. Fig. (i is a sectional. view throughthe body of the card holdershowing the mechanism therein. Fig. 6 is a detail View of one of themovable stops associated with each card lmlder. Figs. 7 and 8 are planviews, similar to Figs. 3 and 4, of a slightly modified form of cardholder, the body of the card holder in Fig. 8 being shown in section.Fig. 9 is an edge view similar to Fig. 5, of the card holder seen in ligs. 7 and 8. Fig. 10 is a different form of card holder from that shownin Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 8. Figs. 11 and 12 are plan views-similar to Figs.3 and 4, showing the means associated with the machine for operating theresetting imichanisin on the card holder. Fig. 13 is an edge view,looking upwardly, of parts seen in Figs. '11 and 12, parts beingomitted.

This invention comprises, a card holder for the individual record cardsof recording machines having card guides, there being one holder foreach workman, and such holders being detachable from the machine, andmechanism for automatically determining successive ositions of the cardholder relatively to t e guide, comprising means carried by'the cardholder.

The recording machine, with which my invention may be used, may be ofany desirable form, size and construction and is here shown as a timerecorder comprising a time movement 1, a printing element, as typewheels 2, 3 connected to the time movement to be operated thereby bymeans of shafts 4,5 connected respectively to the time movement, and toone of the wheels as 2, and miter gears 6 connectingthe shafts. Theother type wheel 3 is actuated by the wheel 2 connected to the shaft 5,in any well known manner. The shaft 5 is formed of two sections havingtheir contiguous ends connected by a universal clutch of well knownconstruction operable to permit a slight depression of the part of theshaft associated with the type wheel 2 during the printing operation.The universal coupling is composed of three plates having interfitt-ingtongues and grooves extending diametrically of the plates at diiferentangles as will be understood by tho skilled in the art. The timerecorder is also formed with a guide 7 inelosing a slot for the cardholder and having a face plate 8 on the front face of the time recorder,the guide 7 serv- 7 ing as a platen. A suitable inking ribbon 9 1sinterposed between the type wheels and the platen and the type wheelsare movable toward and from the platen to eifect the printing of arecord on the card-held by the card holder in the guide 7. This movementof the type wheels is here shown as effected by means of a handle 10located on the front side of the machine and connected to theoscillating frame 11 carrying the type wheels, by means of a link 12,angle lever 13 and link 14-, the link 12 connecting the handle 10 andone arm of the angle lever 13. I

and the link 14- conneeting the other arm of the angle lever and theframe 11, and being connected to the frame in any suitable manner. Theframe 11 is supported by arms 15 pivoted at their opposite endsrespectively at 16 and 17 to the frame 11 and to a bracket 18 supportedby the rear wall of the casing of the machine. The downward movement ofthe frame is against the action of. the returning spring 19.

The means for efiecting the movement toward and from the platen forms nopart of this invention, and as various means for effecting such.movement are well known,

further description is thought to be unnecessary.

The mechanism for automatically determining the successive positions ofthe card holder relatively to the guide 7, thatis into the guide,comprises a series of successively effective stops 20 carried by eachcard holder 21 and means preferably associated with the machine andarranged to engage the foremost effective stop and limit the movement ofthe card holder into the guide and move such stop out of effectiveposition and expose the next stop to the action of such means during thenext positioning, of the card holder relatively to the guide.

As seen in Figs. 3, 4, 7 and 8 each, card holder 21 comprises a body 22and a fiat card support 23, the body and card support being flat andarranged in alinement, and the body confining a chamher in which islocated the series of abutments 20. These abutments are preferablymovable independently of each other, that is, all are not formed on asingle movable part, and said abutments 20 are movable in guides 24extending in a direction at a right angle to the movement of the cardholder into the guide 7, Fig. 6, the abutments .being arranged withtheir engaging ends exposed at an open side edge of the body 22. Theabutments are held in either their normal or their shifted positions bymeans of impositive locking means as spring brakes 25 carried therebyand bearing against the walls of the guides 24. The means associatedwith the machine for shifting the abutments one by one, is here shown asa. pawl 26 pivoted at one side of the guide 7 and arranged with itspivot 27 extending crosswise of the guide and having its engaging end2S'projecting through the open edge of the body 22 into position toengage the angular surface 29 at the end of each stop 20. Owing to theposit-ion of the pivot 27-and the engaging end 28 of the pawl, said endmoves in an arc curving in the direction of movement of the stops 20, sothat when the card holder is inserted in the guide 7, the pawl 26 willengage the foremost effective stop 20. and shift the same from theposition shown in Fig. 3, to that shown in Fig. 4, and when the stopsreach the position v of the foremost stop shown in Fig. 4, furtherpivotal movement of the pawl 26 is prevented by a stop 30 on the guide.The pawl is returned to its operative position into engagement with apin 31, by a spring 32. .The movement of the stops 20 is limited ashereinafter set forth. The card support 23 is provided withsuitableopposite marginal guides 33 under which the edges of the cardmoves when the card is being inserted in, or removed from, the cardholder, and usually the body 22 projects laterally beyond the edge ofthe card support so that the stops 20 normally project laterally beyondone edge of the card support 23, as seen at the left of Figs. 3, 4, 7and 8. The stops 20 are reset by means located within the chamber of thebody 22, and as here shown, said means comprises a member 34 slidablerectilinearly in the body 22 and having arms 35 engaging opposite edgewalls of such chamber, said member being arranged to engage the rearends of all the stops 20 and also to limit the inward movement of suchstops 20. The resetting member 34 is held from free movement by aspring-pressed brake 36 carried by one of the arms 35 en gaging one ofthe edge walls of the body 22. The resetting member 34 may be moved inany suitable manner, as by an operating lever 37 pivoted at 38 betweenits ends to the walls of the body 22 and having one arm thereof engagedwith the member 34 and the other arm thereof exposed through the openedge of the body 22 in position to be operated by hand, or by meansassociated with the machine, as hereinafter set forth. \Vhen the member34 is in its normal position, it is held by the lever 37 from movementtoward said lever for the reason that the member 34 engages the hub ofthe lever 37 as clearly seen in Fig. (3. Thus the resetting memberprevents the stops 20 from being pressed inwardly beyond their inefiective positions. The stops 20 control the position of successiverecords transversely of the card and prevent two records being made onthe same space and cause successive records to be arranged side by side,and preferably these records are the successive records of the workmanduring one day. For instance, on the card illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4,eight successive records can be made side by side during one day.

For the purpose of relatively positioning the card holder and the typewheels to shift the records from the space of one day to the space ofthe next as frornMonday to Tuesday or from Tuesday to lVednesday, etc...either the type wheels 2, 3 may be shifted. axially by hand, orautomatically, in any well known manner, or the card guide may beshifted either by hand or automatically as will be understood by thoseskilled in the art. I have here shown the card guide 7 as adjustablelaterally by hand, the face plate 8 of the guide being formed with ahandle 39, Fig. 1, by means of which the guide may be shifted laterallyfrom the front of the machine in the direction indicated by the arrow,the guide being held in its adjusted position in any suitablemanner, asby a springpressed pin 40 for entering any one of a series of holes 41in the face plate of said guide 7. However, instead of providing themachine with movable parts for effecting the shifting of the card fromday to day, the card support 23 may be shifted relatively to the body22, and preferably such shifting is effected at the same time that thestops 20 are being reset.

In Figs. 7 and 8, the body 22 is of sutH- cient width to permit the dayto day shifting of the card support 23, and is formed with a groove orchannel 42 in one edge thereof in which the margin 43 of the cardsupport projects, such margin being bent in the form shown in Fig. 9, inorder to snugly fit the channel 42, the channel having a contractedentrance 44 for holding the card support in position. In the embodimentof my invention shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the card support 23 is shiftedby the resetting member 34 which is shown as carrying a pawl 45projecting through the bottom of the channel 42 into position to engagea rack 46 formed on the edge of the card holder 23. in this form of myinvention the resetting member 34 is operated by means of a link 47pivoted at 43 to the member 34 and having a handle 49 movable in anarc-shaped slot 50 formed in the front face of the body 22, the slotbeing concentric with the axis 43, and units side farthest removed fromsuch axis, being provided with notches or radially extending slots 51corresponding in number to the days of the week represented on the card.

In operation, at the end of each day the handle 49 is moved inwardly outof one slot 51, thus causing the member 34 to reset the stops 20, thehandle is then moved in the slot 50 until itis alined with the nextnotch 51 and then said handle 49 is pulled outwardly into such nextnotch. During the reciprocating movement of the member 34, efiected bythe movement of theuhandle 49 out of one notch in one direction intoanother notch in the other direction, "the pawl 45 moves in onedirection and takes hold of a teeth of the rack 46 and then moves in theopposite direction advancing the card support 23 one step laterally inthe channel 42. The card support is returned by hand to its startingposition in engagement with a shoulder 23, and the pawl 45 is withdrawnout of engagement with the rack 46 to permit the return of the support23, by moving the member 34 inwardly by means of the handle 49 until.the pawl 45 engages a surface 45 at one end of the opening in the bottomof the channel 42 for said pawl, which surface holds the pawl out ofengagement with the rack. The card support is prevented fromunintentional displacement to the porting surface. In this form of cardholder which may be used to hold cards upon which a large number ofregistrations are to be made or for cost keeping, space is provided fora large number of stops without malting the card holder longer than thecard used. As before stated the lever 37 operating the resetting member34 may be operated either by "hand at the beginning or end of each day,or as seen in Figs. 11, 12 and 13 may be operated by means associatedwith the clock, this means being here shown as a shoulder 52 which ismovable into the path of the end 53 of the lever 37 so that during thefirst insertion of the card holder into, the guide the end 53 of suchlever will engage the shoulder 52 causing the lever to move theresetting member 34, this shoulder being set in operative positionduring a certain period oftime as for instance, from shortly before thebeginning of the working period until shortly after. The shoulder may becontrolled in its movement into and out of operative. position eitherautomatically by the clock, or may be set by hand by an authorizedperson having access to the clock. As here shown the shoulder 52 iscarried by one arm of a hand operated lever 54 pivoted at 55. betweenits ends to the card guide 7 and having a button or handle 56 at itsopposite end. However, as time cams and means for automaticallyoperating devices by time controlled mechanism is common in the art,obviously the shoulder 52 might be operated from the time movement. Whenthe shoulder 52 is employed, it may 7 act as a stop for determining thefirst position of the card holder, that is the stop 20 for determiningthe first position of the card holder may be dispensed with; and

during the movement of the card holder into the guide, the end 53 of thereset-ting lever 37 would engage the shoulder 52, and be moved until themember 34 abuts against the inner ends of the stop guides 24, thuslimiting the movement of the card holder into the guide 7. My cardholder can be built for the most part of sheet metal in a durable andinexpensive manner. and the mechanism carried by the card holder issimple, and economical of nanufacture and cannot readily get out oforder.

In use, one card holder is assigned to each workman and when he entersor leaves the factory or begins or finishes a job, he places Ill thecard holder in the card guide 7 and 7 shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is used,the lever 37 is operated to reset the abutments either'at the end orbeginning of each day and the card guide shifted laterally by hand, incase no automatic means for shifting such guide or the type wheels isemployed.

Generic claims for certain features disclosed herein, but not claimedbroadly, are

contained in certain of my pending applications, among others,application filed August 27, 1908, Sr. No. 450,469 and application filedAugust 10, 1911, Sr. No. 643,286.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe. machine and provided with a flat portion, and mechanism forautomatically determining successive positionsof the card holderrelatively to the guide of the recording machine, said mechanismcomprising means carried by the flat portion of the card holder,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cardsof'recording machines ha ving card guides, the holder being detachablefrom the machine and provided with a chamber, and mechanism forautomatically determining successive positions of thecard holderrelatively to the guide of the recording machine, said mechanismcomprising means located in said chamber, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and com prising a flattened casing confining a chamber,

the casing having an opening, and mechanism for automaticallydetermining successive positions of the card holder relatively to theguide of the recording machine, said mechanism comprising means locatedin the chamber and operable through the opening, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

4. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cardsv ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine. and comprising a flattened casing confining a chamber, thechamber being open at one edge, and mechanism for automaticallydetermining successive positions of the card holder relatively to theguide of the recording machine, said mechanism comprising means locatedin the chamber and exposed to,and operable through, such open edge,substantially as and for the purpo'sespecified.

5. Thecomhination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and comprising a flat card support, and a casing alined withthe card support and confining a chamber, and mechanism for automati--matically determining successive positions of the card holder relativelyto the guide of the recording machine, said mechanism comprising aseries of consecutively arranged stops carried by the flat portion. ofthe card holder, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and comprising a flattened casing confining a chamher, andmechanism for automatically determining successive positions of thecardholder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, said mechanismcomprising a series of consecutively arranged stops located in thechamber, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. The combination of a recording machine having a card guide, a holderfor individual record cards, the holder being detachable from themachine and movable relatively to the guide, a series of successivelyeffective movable stops carried by the card holder, and means associatedwith the machine and arranged to engage the foremost effective stop andlimit the movement of? the card holder relatively to the guide and movesuch stopout of effective position and expose the next stop to theaction of such means during the next positioning of the card holderrelatively to the guide, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination of a recording machine having a card guide, a holderfor individual vrecord-cards, the holder being detachable from themachine and movable relatively to the. guide and being provided with achamber, a series of successively effective stops in the chamber, andmeans associated with the machine and arranged to engage the foremosteffective stop and limit the movement of the cardholder relatively tothe guide, and also move such stop out of effective position and exposethe next stop to the action of such means during the next positioning ofthe card holder relatively to the guide, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

1.0. The combination of a recording machine having a card guide, aholder for in dividual record cards. the holder being detachalole fromthe machine and movable relatively to the guide. and comprising aflattened casing confining a chamber, the casing having an opening, aseries of successively etlective stops located in the chamber and havingtheir engaging portions aecessihle through such opening, and meansassociated with the machine for engaging the foremost effective stopthrough such opening and limiting the movement of the card holderrelatively to the guide and displacing said stop and exposing the nextcitectivo stop in position to be engaged by said means during the nextpositioning of the card holder relatively to the guide, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

11. The combination of a recording machine having a card guide, a holderfor individual record cards, the holder'being detachable from themachine and movable rel-" ativelv to the guide, and comprising afiattened casing confining a chamber, the chamber being open at oneedge, a series of successively etl'ective stops located in the chamberand havii'ig their engaging portions accessible through such open edge.and means tlh'htfl'lill'ttl with .the machine tor engaging the foremosteti'ective stop through the open edge and limiting the movement of thecard holder relatively to the guide and displacing said stop, andexposing the next effec tive stop in position to be engaged by suchmeans during the next positioning of the cardholder relatively to theguide, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine, and mechanism for automatically determining successivepositions of the card holder relatively to the guide of the recordingmachine, said mechanism comprising a series of successively effectivestops, the stops being movable relatively to each other, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

13. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and provided with a chamber, and mechanism for automatically.letermining successive positions of the card holder relatively to theguide of the recording machine, said mechanism comprising a series of,successively eii'ective stops in the, hamber, the Chamber being formedwith guides, and the stopsbeing slidable independently of each other inthe guides, respectively, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

14. The combinationof a recording machine havinga card guide, a holderfor individual record cards, the holder being ,de tachable from themachine and movable relatively to the guide, a series of successivelyetlective stops Carried by the card holder, a movable pawl associatedwith the machine contiguous to the guide, the pawl projecting into thepath of the card holder in position to engage the foremost effectivestop and move such stop out of effective position, and ex 'iose the nextstop to the action of the pawl during the next positioning of the cardholder relatively to the guide, and a stop for limiting the movement ofthe pawl, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

15. The combination of a recording ma chine having a card guide, aholder for individual record cards, the holder being detachablc from themachine and movable relatively to the guide, a series of successivelyei'l'ective movable stops carried by the card holder, a pivoted pawlassociated with the machine and arranged to project into the path of thecard holder to engage the foremost effective stop, the engaging end ofthe pawl being movable in an arc curving in the direction of movement ofeach stop for moving such stop out of effective position, and exposingthe next stop to the action of the pawl during the next positioning ofthe card holder relatively to the guide, and a stop for limiting thepivotal movement of the pawl, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

16. The combination of a recording machine having a card guide, a holderfor individual record cards, the holder being detachable from themachine and movable relatively to the guide, and comprising a flattenedcasing confining a chamber, the chamber being open at one edge,-a seriesof successively effective stops located in the chamber and having theirengaging port-ions accessible through such open edge, a pivoted I I 1 tpawl associated With the machine and arranged With itsaxisextending-crosswise of the plane of movement of the card holder intothe guide, and the pawl being arranged at one side of the guide andhaving its free end projecting into the path of the card holder intoposition to enter through the open edge of the chamber to engage theforemost efi'ective stop and move the same out of effective position,and expose the next effective stop into position to be en gaged by suchpawl during the next positioning of the card holder relatively to theguide, and a stop for limiting the pivotal -the individual record cardsof recording movement of the pawl, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

17. The combination of a card holder for tively to the guide of therecording machine, said mechanism comprising a series 0f successivelyeffective stops carried by the stop support, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

18. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and comprising a flat card support and a flattened casingalined with the card support and confining a chamber, the casing havingan opening, and mechanism for automatically determining successivepositions of the card holder relatively to the guide of the recordingmachine, said mechanism comprising a series of successively efiectivestops located in the chamber, and having their engaging portionsaccessible through such opening, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

19. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine, and mechanism for automatically determining successivepositions of the card holder relatively to the guide of the recordingmachine, said n1echanism-c0mprising a series of successively effectivestops carried by the card holder for determining the extent of movementof the card holder relatively to the guide of the recording machineduring successive positionings of the card holder, the stops beingdisplaceable one by one, during successive positionings of the cardholder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and stopresetting means carried by the card holder, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

20. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine, and mechanism for automatically determining successivepositions of the card holder relatively to the guide of the recordingmachine, said mechanism comprising a series of successively effectivestops carried by the card holderfor determining the extent of movementof the cardholder relatively to the guide of the recording machineduring successive positionings of the card holder, thestops beingdisplaceable" one by one, during successive positionings of the cardholder the individual record cards of recording machines having cardguides, the holder being detachablefrom themachine and comprising a flatportion, and mechanism for automatically determining successivepositions of the card holder relatively to the guide of the recordingmachine, said mechanism compris ing a series of successively e-fiectivestops carried by the flat portion for determining successive positionsof the card holder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, thestops being displaceable one by one, during successive positionings ofthe card holder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, andstop resetting means carried by such flat portion, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

22. The combinatlon of a card holder for i the individual record cardsof recording maguides, the holder being chines having card detachablefrom the machine and provided with a chamber, and mechanism forautomatically determining successive positions of the card holderrelatively to the guide of the recording machine, said mechanismcomprising a series of independently movable and successively effectivestops in the chamher for determining successive positions of the cardholder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, the stops beingdisplaceable one by one, during successive positionings of the cardholder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and stopresetting means movable in the chamber, such means'being common to allof the stops, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

23. The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and provided with a chamber, and mechanism for automaticallydetermining successive positions of the card holder relatively "to theguide of the recording machine, said mechanism comprising a series ofindependently movable and successively eflfective stops in the chamberfor determining successivepositions of the. card holder relatively tothe guide of the recording machine, the stops being displaoeable one byone, during successive positionings of the card holder relatively to theguide of the recording. machine, and stop resetting means movablein thechamber, and comprising a rc 'tilinearly movable slide movable in thechamber, substantially as and for the purpose set Forth 24. Thecombinationwof a card holder for .the individual record cards ofrecording ma chines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and'comprising a flat card support, and a flattened casingalined with the card support and confining a chamber, the casing havingan opening at. one edge thereof, and mechanism for automaticallydetermining successive positions of the card holder relatively to theguide of the recording machine, said mechanism comprising a series-ofsuccessively effective stops located in the chamber for determiningsuccessive positions of the card holder relatively-to the guide of therecording machine, the stops having their engaging portions accessibleand operable through such opening, the stops being displaceable one byone through such opening during "successive 'positionings of the cardholder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and resettingmeans in the chamber comprising a slide common to all of the stops andengaging edge walls of the chamber, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

The combination of a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine, and mechanism for automatically determining successivepositions of the card holder relatively to the guide of the recordingmachine, said mechanism comprising a series of'su-c- (-essivelvefiective movable stops carried by the card holder for determining theextent of movement of the card relatively to the guide of the recordingmachine during suceessive positionings of the card holder, the stopsbeing displaceable one by one, during successive positionings oi thecard holder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, andresetting means carried by the card holder and comprising a pivotedlever, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

26. The combination of'a card holder for the individual record cards ofrecording machines having card guides, the holder being detachable fromthe machine and provided with a chamber, and mechanism for automaticallydetermining successive positions of the card holder relatively to theguide of the recording machine, said mechanism comprising a series ofindependently movable and successively effective stops in the chamberfor determining successive positions of the card holder relatively tothe guide of the recording machint, the stops being displaceable one byone, during successivepositionings of the card holder relaitively to theguide, and resetting means comprising a lever located in the chamber,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

27. A card holder for the individual recr ord cards of recordingmachines having card guides, the holder being detachablefrom the machineand provided with a chamber, and mechanism for automatically determiningsuccessive positions of the card holder relatively to the guide of therecording machine, said mechanism comprising a series of independentlymovable and successively effective stops in the chamber for determiningsuccessive positions of the and holder relatively to the guide of therecording machine, the stops being displaceable one by one duringsuccessive positionings of the card holder relatively to the. guide ofthe recording machine, and stop resetting means comprising arectilinear-1y movable member slidable in the chamber and being commonto all of the stops, and an operating lever pivoted between its ends andhaving one arm thereof arranged to cooperate with said member,substantially as and for the purpose described.

28. A card holder for the individual rec ord cards of recordingmachineshaving card guides, the holder being detachable from the machine andmovable relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and comprisinga body, and a card support adjust able relatively to the body,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

29. A card holder for the individual record cards of recording machineshaving card guides, the holder being detachable from the machine andmovable relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and comprisinga body, and a card support adjustable relatively to the body, and meanscarried by the body for adjusting the card support, sul stantially asand for'the purpose set forth.

30. A card holder for the individual record cards of reco ding machineshaving card guides, the holder being detachable from the machine andmovable relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and comprisinga body anda card support slidable along the body, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

31.. A card holder for the individual record cards of recording machineshaving card guides, the holder being detachable from the machine andmovable relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and comprisinga body, and a card support adjustable relatively to the body, mechanismcarried by the body for automatically determining successive positionsof the card holder relatively to the guide, and means carried by thebody for shifting the card support relatively to the body, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

. 32. A card holder for the individual rec- 0rd cards of recordingmachines having card guides, the holder being detachable from themachine and movable relatively to the guide of the recording machine,and comprising a body, and a card support adjustable relatively to thebody and being formed with a rack and means carrie d by the body forcoacting with the rack for shifting the card support relatively to thebody, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

33. A card holder for the individual record cards of recording machineshaving card guides, the holder being detachable from the machine andmovable relatively to the guide of the recording machine, and comprisinga body in the form of a flattened casing confining a chamber, the bodybeing formed with an external channel at one end, and a card supporthaving a portion fitting and slidable in the channel and provided with arack, and means for shifting the card holder relatively tothe body andcomprising means located within the chamber and having a pawl workingthrough the bottom record cards of recording machines having cardguides, the holder being detachable from the machine and movablerelatively to the guide of the recording machine, and comprising a body,a card support shiftable relatively to the body, a series of succes'sively effective stops carried by the body,

the stops being displaceable one by one during successive positioningsof the card holder relatively to the guide of the recording machine, andmeans carried by the body for resetting the stops and for shifting thecard support relatively to the body in one operation, substantially asand for the,purpose set forth.

36. In a card holder for the individual record cards of recordingmachines having card "guides, the holder being detachable from themachine and movable relatively to the guide of the recording machine,and comprising a body, a card support shiftable relatively to the body,a series of successively efiect-ive stops carried by the body, the stopsbeing displaceable, stop resetting means carried by the body andcomprising a movable member common to all of the stops, means associatedwith said member for coacting with the card support for shifting thesame, and an operating element coacting with said member, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

37. The combination of a recording machine having a guide, a card holderdetachable from the machine, a series, of successively effective stopscarried by the card holder for determiningthe extent of movement of thecard holder relatively to the guide during successive positioning of thecard holder, means associated'with the machine for displacing "thestops, one by one, during successive positionings of the card holderrelativelyto the guide, st0p resetting means carried by the card holderand including an operating member, and means associated with the machineand movable at a predetermined period into the path of said operatingmember to actuate the same when'the card holder is being inserted in theguide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

38. In a workmans time recorder of the individual card type, a casingand printing mechanism associated therewith including an imprint makingelement, a card holder for an individual record card, the holder beinginsertible into the casing for locating the card in relation to theimprint making element and being removable from the casing, and amechanism for automatically reg istering successive spaces on the cardwith the imprint making element'comprising a plurality of independentlymovable abutments associated with the card holder, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

39. In a workmans time recorder of the individual card type, thecombination with a casing ,having associated therewith a device forcooperating with stop surfaces, of a card carrier having a plurality ofshiftable surfaces associated therewith and a resetting device for. saidstop surfaces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

40. In a workmans time recorder of the individual card type, 'acasing,an imprint making element located therein and operating to make animprint at a fixed printing point, a card carrier comprising twosections relatively movable in reference to each other, means associatedwith one of the sections for engaging the card, and a plurality ofshiftable stop surfaces associated with the other section, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and inthe State of New York, this 20 dayof Jan. 1912.

CHARLES E. TOMLINSON.

Witnesses;

C. C. ScHoENEoK, FREDER'IG G. BODELL.

